Professional, versatile, and beautiful. Atom is a theme that is perfect for just about any sort of site — blog, portfolio, business, personal, anything you can think up. This is probably his best theme ever, and we have already purchased our copy. It costs $14.95, but you can get a 15% discount with the coupon code SPLITTHEATOM until February 8, 2011.

It seems like customers are voting with their feet, and the launch of the Mac App Store has not just helped Realmac Software sell more copies of RapidWeaver, but also indirectly increased our sales. Asking some of my colleagues at DV Host, I found out that we are all buying more apps. Why? Because it’s incredibly convenient, there’s no need to deal with the hassle of license keys, and software companies have lowered their prices. LifeHacker recently published an article about some of the benefits of the App Store.

Over the past few days, we have noticed this effect filter through to us. As more new people are using RapidWeaver to build websites, they are beginning to look for quality RapidWeaver hosting. As a result, we have seen a 100% upsurge in sales. Here’s a BIG WELCOME to all our new customers, we love you and we are dedicated to providing you the best and most reliable RapidWeaver web hosting anywhere!

The official announcement from Realmac Software can be found here. We recommend this update to all our customers currently using RapidWeaver 5 or 5.0.1. To update, all you need to do is select Check for Updates... in the File menu:

Changes in RapidWeaver 5.0.2

Fixed a couple of items relating to the handling out-of-date plugins.

Fixed an issue with the Site Setup sheet not binding to the correct document.

Cruftless links are now correctly tidied.

Added the ability to drag in multiple files to the resources area.

Fixed an issue with views not updating when removing a resource from the project.

Re-worked Theme Consolidation to respect the order in which stylesheets appear in a document (respecting the order of variations vs main stylesheet etc).

Added an Option-Click feature on the ‘Copy Resource URL’ button to automatically generate a re;source% macro to the file.

Fixed an issue that prevented links to Resources, when made via the Add Link sheet, working in RW’s Preview mode.

Fixed a crash relating to the Help buttons in the Site Setup sheets.

Fixed consolidation of media-query stylesheets.

Fixed an issue with the omission of Alt attributes on images.

Fixed an issue that prevented users inserting custom snippets for inline styling into the Media Inspector.

Fixed an issue that would cause RapidWeaver to crash after registration on some systems.

Fixed an issue that would cause a number of error messages to appear with placeholder strings.

Fixed an issue with relative links not working in plugin subpages (such as Blog archives etc).

Fixed Theme Consolidation to work in Photo Album subpages (individual album pages).

Added a 16x16 application icon.

Fixed a number of Resources issues to prevent the dragging in of bundles (folders with extensions).

Fixed an issue that prevented the re;source% macro from working in the Page Prefix field.

Blocked the BBLauncher plugin from being loaded, due to widespread reports of it causing issues with RW5.

Elixir Graphics have released a new theme called Write with bloggers and writers in mind. In their own words, it's a beautifully clean, super optimized RapidWeaver theme targeted at writers, bloggers and those just looking for a simple clean site design. This is one very versatile template. If you are designing a blog, we recommend taking a look.

Originally billed to be released during the summer, RapidWeaver 5 is finally here, and it looks like it has been worth the wait! The new version features an overhauled user interface, 6 all-new themes bringing the total number of built-in themes up to 45, a new HTML and XML site map generator with automatic search engine submission, bookmark manager and more. Perhaps our favourite new feature is the new Resources manager, which allows you to manage all your files in a single place. This is very handy when you want to offer PDF documents and other downloads from your website.

You’ve toiled away countless hours making that perfect website, but now you’re stuck. Don’t worry, we’re here to help. Here’s what you need to do to publish your RapidWeaver website.

1) With your website project open in RapidWeaver, click the File menu and select Publishing Settings.

2) A window, as shown below, will pop up. Enter the Server, User Name and Password information we sent you after you ordered your web hosting package from DV Host.

3) Enter public_html in the Path field. This is very important so that RapidWeaver knows where to publish all your website files. When you’re done, click Test Connection to confirm your settings are correct and click Publish.

Not working? Our support team is trained in RapidWeaver, so please do not hesitate to drop us a line and we will be happy to assist.